This might help with creating positive public health messages Can complement existing 'burden of inactivity' messages with 'benefits of activity' messages (positive messaging recommended by Chloë Williamson recent review ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…)

A story of accomplishment: doi.org/10.1016/S2214-…

Resting heart rate as a biomarker for tracking change in cardiorespiratory fitness of UK adults: The Fenland Study medrxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #medRxiv

Resting heart rate robust biomarker of fitness medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Largest ever study using wearable devices finds physical activity is beneficial for health, and more intense activity is better mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/largest-s… New #evidence from Tessa Strain Paddy Dempsey Soren Brage and colleagues.

Volume and intensity of activity both matter for mortality nature.com/articles/s4159…

Flurry of tweets there as very pleased our latest paper was published today. Thanks to Soren Brage Paddy Dempsey and MRC Epidemiology Unit for doing all publication day duties. And to Jason Gill for nice commentary. Better go back to being on leave though 👋

MRC Epidemiology Unit is recruiting a Senior Data Manager to provide leadership in the processing and management of the diverse data we work with. Please share! More details (close 27/9): jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/26767/

Challenges of global PA surveillance bmjopensem.bmj.com/cgi/content/fu… #WHO #GAPPA

Volume or intensity. Why not both? MRC Epidemiology Unit Soren Brage #MVPA #PAEE

Unit scientist John Perry comments in Mail+ on the identification of rare gene variants that dramatically increase type 2 #diabetes risk. This work involved reading complete DNA sequences of over 20,000 genes in >200,000 UK Biobank participants. dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…

Future research by Yajie Zhao, 赵亚杰 John Perry & colleagues will examine how loss of function variants in GIGYF1 lead to increases in type 2 diabetes risk, and other links between biomarkers of biological ageing in adults and metabolic disorders. Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

Still find this counterintuitive? Study this diagram by John Burn-Murdoch and Oliver Barnes Financial Times ft.com/content/0f11b2…

New paper out led by Maf: "Is occupational physical activity associated with mortality in UK Biobank?" ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Check out Daily energy expenditure through the human life course science.sciencemag.org/content/373/65…

Compare recently published energy expenditure age trends with ditto from national UK estimates: academic.oup.com/ije/article/49…

Burn, baby, burn (those calories!) Metabolism peaks at age one and tanks after 60, study finds bbc.co.uk/news/health-58…

Does it matter how you spend your calories on physical activity in terms of body composition? #FenlandStudy nature.com/articles/s4136…

There is rightly much talk about using consumer wearable devices for physical activity measurement using various research study designs. We've written a commentary picking up on four key issues we think are relevant for population surveillance doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2…

Causal link between physical fitness and cancer: nature.com/articles/s4141… Excellent work by Ellie Watts and Tomas I. Gonzales in MRC Epidemiology Unit collaboration with National Cancer Institute